And those facts only represent the direct results, but they key is how everything now begins online:
BBC:
Andrew Nachison, Director of the Media Center, a US-based think-tank that studies media, technology and society, highlights the US presidential race as a possible turning point for blogs.[...]
Mr Nachison argues blogs have become independent sources for images and ideas that circumvent traditional sources of news and information such as newspapers, TV and radio.
"We have to acknowledge that in all of these cases, mainstream media actually plays a role in the discussion and the distribution of these ideas," he told the BBC News website.
"But they followed the story, they didn't lead it."
So not only are 32 million Americans reading blogs, but online politics also ends up in the traditional media? How can we dominate?
BlogPAC
From the BlogPAC website:
Writing a blog post is not enough. Reading a blog post is not enough. Commenting on a blog is not enough.
Being educated is the first step toward political change. But the next step requires doing something.
BlogPac.org is that next step -- a group of bloggers not content to simply write words or read them, but eager to take action on the pressing issues of our day. We will not sit idly by and merely chatter as everything we care about burns. And you join us in our efforts.
WHAT??????????
Once upon a time, the media was a province of the rich, powerful and well connected. But the new blogging phenomenon burst through that barrier, giving anyone with minimal computer skills the ability to be their own publisher.
Politics suffered from the same limitations, where the unconnected and those who lacked wealth were relegated to the realm of stamp licking and envelope stuffing. Yet the rise of the "netroots" -- online communities -- gave regular folks the ability to work together to effect political change. The Dean campaign was catapulted into stratopheric heights, and even following its demise, the strength of the Netroots helped make John Kerry financially competitive with the cash-flush George Bush.
BlogPac follows in that tradition. Borne from those who spend their times online and embrace participatory media and politics, we will use online tools and technologies to further the cause of progressive politics in our nation.
BlogPac is, indeed, the first PAC to wage politics entirely online.
Conclusion: We all know we need to wage politics online. And we all know it will be some time until the new DNC is able to fight effectively. Let's have our top online warriors lead our effort by investing in BlogPAC.
So what are we waiting for?
The GOP is turning the RNC into a privateer ship and they are going to be backed with a $100 million in independent money to destroy the New Deal. Let's not wait for the DNC to stop thinking of us as an ATM and fight online, let's help the bloggers fight back TOMORROW.
If you want Democrats to win online, here are three things you can do:
- Sign up with BlogPAC
- Send BlogPAC some turkee
- Pull together as many email addresses as possible so that when BlogPAC joins the battle, you can let everyone know.
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